Printers (photocopying/scanning)Printers are on levels 3 and 4 and the mezzanine.

StationeryThe following stationery equipment and supplies are provided for student use:

Staplers, guillotine and hole punch: near the printers on the ground floor

Binder and stapler: upstairs to the right of the lift

HistoryHistory

David Murray LibraryThe South Australian School of Mines, established in 1889, initially had no library. David Murray, an Adelaide politician and philanthropist with a keen interest in technical education, was persuaded to support the establishment of a library. He presented a cheque for £500 and the School Council agreed to name the new library after him. After visiting the library, opened in 1903, he donated a further £500 for resources. Upon his death in 1906 a further £1000 was received as a bequest from his estate.

While the School of Mines evolved into the South Australian Institute of Technology and later in 1991 formed part of the new University of South Australia, the Library retained its original title, the David Murray Library. The original site of the Library is now occupied by the Library’s Multi Access Suite on Level 4.

Doris Taylor WingThis wing occupies a section of the Centenary Building at City East campus. This building was opened in 1989 and the wing was generously donated to the Library by the School of Nursing, being linked to the existing David Murray Library with a corridor. The wing now houses health information and resources.

Doris Taylor (1901-1968) was wheelchair bound from the age of twelve as the result of a childhood accident, but went on to become the founder of the Meals on Wheels Service, begun at Port Adelaide in 1953. Despite also suffering from severe rheumatoid arthritis, Doris managed to live independently at home throughout her life, and was acutely aware of the assistance needed by elderly, ill and disadvantaged people in their daily lives. She campaigned for improved social services for these groups as well as working tirelessly to promote and expand Meals on Wheels, which became a model for other states and countries to follow.